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A Ramble Through the History of Walking

A Ramble Through the History of Walking

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Explore the fascinating evolution of one of humanity's most fundamental activities with this insightful work by Bill Laws. Delve into the cultural, social, and historical significance of walking, as the author takes you on a journey through time, revealing how this simple act has shaped societies and influenced the course of history. From its role in ancient civilizations to its impact on modern urban life, this book offers a captivating narrative that highlights walking's enduring importance. Perfect for history enthusiasts and curious minds alike, this engaging read invites you to discover the stories and milestones that have defined the art of walking throughout the ages.
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Explore the fascinating evolution of one of humanity's most fundamental activities with this insightful work by Bill Laws. Delve into the cultural, social, and historical significance of walking, as the author takes you on a journey through time, revealing how this simple act has shaped societies and influenced the course of history. From its role in ancient civilizations to its impact on modern urban life, this book offers a captivating narrative that highlights walking's enduring importance. Perfect for history enthusiasts and curious minds alike, this engaging read invites you to discover the stories and milestones that have defined the art of walking throughout the ages.
Track Listing

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 1 (1928 / 1929)

Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin'

Train 45

Ommie Wise

My Name Is John Jo Hannah

Gonna Die With My Hammer

Country Blues

Ben Dewberry's Final Run

Called To The Foreign Field

Pretty Polly

The Ways Of The World

Lullaby Yodel

Frankie And Johnny

Old Country Stomp

My Little Old Home

Railroad Blues

The Butcher's Boy

Wildwood Flower

The Days Of '49

Treasures Untold

Get Away From That Window

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 2 (1928 / 1929)

How Many Biscuits Can You Eat

John Henry

My Wife Died Friday Night

Ham Beats All Meat

The Unfortunate Breakman

I Want To Go

Any Old Time

L And N Rag

I Am Bound For The Promised Land

Bonaparte's Retreat

High Powered Mama

Just Because

Tom Dooley

Peg And Awl

Blue Yodel No. 5

Brownsin' Blues

Slow Wicked Blues

Jimmie's Texas Blues

The Dying Cowboy

Hobo Bill's Last Ride

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 3 (1929 / 1930 / 1931)

Train Whistle Blues

Mobile County Blues

Think A Little

A Lazy Farmer Boy

The House Carpenter

Bake That Chicken Pie

Pan American Man

John Hardy

Blue Yodel No. 8

I Wonder How

Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party

Huskin' Bee

With My Mother

A Little Talk With Jesus

Ned Went-A-Fishin'

Let's Go To Town

My Good Gal's Gone

Chased Old Satan

Let Me Be Your Sidetrack

My bones gonna rise again

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 4 (1931 / 1932 / 1933 / 1934)

Like Likker Better Than Me

Serves 'Em Fine

Darling Cora

Callahan

Nancy Jane

Rockin' Blues

No Hard Times

Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet

Ginseng Blues

If The Light Has Gone

Down On The Old Road To Home

Rye Whiskey

Sunbonnet Sue

We Shall Be Reunited

Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line

The Old Hen

Mississippi Delta Blues

Brown's Ferry Blues

Do Not Wait

The Twelves

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 5 (1935 / 1936 / 1937)

Taking Off

Bye And Bye

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Oh Molly Dear

Don't Grieve After Me

Mud Fence

Mama Don't Allow It

Honky Tonk Blues

I'll Go Ridin' Down

What's The Matter With The Mill

Hesitation Blues

Great Speckle Bird

Lonnie's Fox Chase

Guns And Guitars

Where We'll Never Grow Old

Ruffles And Bustles

Ride Ranger Ride

All The Good Times

Rhythm Of The Range

Sinner You Better Get Ready

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 6 (1937 / 1938)

Dissatisfied

Song Of The Bandit

Cowboy Night Herd Song

I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart

Women Women Women

Fox And Hounds

Honky Tonk Blues

The Last Letter

Everybody's Rockin'

Drifting Along

Take Me Back

Shine On Me

Silver Strand

Aura Lee

Liza Pull Down The Shades

It Makes No Difference Now

Pussy, Pussy, Pussy

Running Around

Ammend La Nouville A Ma Mere

When You're Smiling

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 7 (1939 / 1940)

Colorado Sunset

Pine State Honky Tonk

On The Owl Hoot Trail

Mississippi Muddle

Back In The Saddle Again

Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon

After The Sunrise

New San Antonio Rose

Blueberry Hill

When Mama Goes Out

Gaucho Serenade

Boogie Woogie Johnson

He's An Army Man

Ride Tenderfoot Ride

The Right String

Until You Went Away

Melody Ranch

Don't Ever Go Wrong

Boogie Woogie In The Village

El Rancho Grande

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 8 (1941)

That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

Mary Jane

Alamo Rag

I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore

Down Mexico Way

Milk Cow Blues (

Tulsa Twist

Walking The Floor Over You

You Are My Sunshine

Take Me Back To Tulsa

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

I Found A New Baby

Kickin' It Off

Old Joe Is At It Again

Jitterbug Jive

I've Been Drafted

Teeny Weeny

The Big House Blues

You Nearly Lose Your Mind

Wreck On The Highway

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 9 (1942 / 1943 / 1944 / 1945)

Fireball Mail

Squeeze Box Polka

Talkin' 'bout You

Pistol Packin' Mama

Jingle Jangle Jingle

In Old Capistrano

Born To Lose

Tearstains On Your Letter

When You Cry

Shame On You

Texas Blues

I'm Wastin' My Tears On You

I'm Singing The Blues

Ten Years

Roly Poly

Rocky Road Blues

Guitar Boogie

Red River Valley

Southern Belle

Don't Let That Man Get You Down

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 10 (1945 / 1946)

Now Ain't You Glad Dear

Oklahoma Hills

With Tears In My Eyes

Low Down Blues

I'm Counting The Days

Hillbilly Boogie

Mandolin Boogie

Steel Guitar Stomp

Boogie Woogie Baby

I Got Texas In My Soul

Oklahoma Stomp

Cincinnati Lou

Three Way Boogie

Huntin' Business All The Time

I've Got The Hesitation Blues

O.P.A. Blues

Rattle Snakin' Daddy

Taking My Time

I Hear You Knocking

Nobody Cares

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 11 (1946)

Goodbye My Heart

I'll Be Satisfied

Twilight On The Trail

Drivin' Nails In My Coffin

Faded Love

Out On The Open Range

Yodelling Polka

I'm Gonna Change Things

No Vacancy

Tomorrow Never Comes

The Tramp On The Street

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Brain Cloudy Blues

Get Yourself A Red

Sioux City Sue

A Rainy Sunday Night

Time Will Tell

When God Comes And Gather His Jewels

Missouri

Texas Cowboy Rag

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 12 (1946)

Move It On Over

Rootie Tootie

Freight Train Boogie

Ten Gallon Boogie

The Texas Special

Merle's Boogie Woogie

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke

Cigareets, Whusky Ö..

Oakie Boogie

Barnyard Boogie

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Canned Heat

Oklahoma Blues

Cow Town Boogie

Shuffletown

Cocaine Blues

Since You've Been Gone

No More Blues

That's My Lindy Lou

Twin Guitar Polka

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 13 (1947)

Boggs Boogie

New Broom Boogie

Wabash Cannonball

Drinking All My Troubles Away

Comboy Stomp

Saturday Night Boogie

I Saw The Light

The Race Horse Song

I Love You So Much It Hurts

Blues Eyes Crying In The Rain

Sixteen Tons

Silver Stars

Banjo Boogie

Better Make Up Our Mind

Nine Pound Hammer

Shadows On My Memories

XIT Song

Operation Blues

Texas Swing

You Waited Too Long

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 14 (1947 / 1948)

Penny Blows His Top

Diggin' Hill

Miller's Boogie

Big Beaver

Cowboy Boogie

Hillbilly Jump

Louisianna Boogie

Birmingham Jail

Two Can Play Your Game

Mercury Boogie

Big Fat Papa

Dog House Boogie

Georgia Boogie

Honky Tonkin'

Tennessee Saturday Night

Mexicali Rose

Bull Fiddle Boogie

Don't Break My Heart

Ridin' Down To Santa Fe

Income Tax

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 15 (1948)

Drop Dead

Rose Of My Heart

Peach Steel Boogie

Boogie Woogie Blues

Cotton Picker's Special

Mine, All Mine

A Yodeller's Lullaby

Steel Guitar Boogie

Artistry In Western Swing

My Bank Account Is Gone

Rovin' Eyes

Peepin' Through The Keyhole

One Has My Name

Dear Oakie

Wanderer's Swing

Dessau Waltz

Yodel Your Blues Away

Humpty Dumpty Heart

The Blues Come Around

High Tempered Mama

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 16 (1949)

Candy And Women

Anticipation Blues

Rag Mop

Riders in the sky

Too Many Women

Can't Live Without You

Cotton Haired Girl

Smokey Mountain Boogie

Jug Band Boogie

Country Boy Blues

Gonna Paint The Town Red

A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed

My Mom Heard Me Crying

Tennessee Border

Baby Don't You Want To Go

Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy

Pan American Boogie

Bingo Boogie

Behind The Eight Ball

Mule Train

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 17 (1949)

The Covered Wagon

When The Work's All Done

Slipping Around

Candy Kisses

I Love You Because

Heart And Soul

So Long To The Red River Valley

Wreck On The Highway

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Panhandle Rag

Fiddlin' Boogie

Poor Ellen Smith

Poor Ellen Smith

This Cold War With You

Room Full Of Roses

Country Boy

You're Gonna Change

Gamblin' Polkadot Blues

Take An Old Cold 'Tater

Whoa Sailor

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 18 (1949 / 1950)

Lost Highway

Give Me A Hundred Reasons

Panhandle Shuffle

Holes In My Soles

You Can't Have Your Cake

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Holdin' The Sack

You're There

Steel Guitar Bounce

West Wind

Shotgun Boogie

Take It Away Leon

Long Gone Lonesome Blues

I Love You A Thousand Ways

Hamburger Hop

Mean Mama Boogie

I'llNever Be Free

Why Don't You Love Me

Beer Bottle Mama

My Baby's Just Like Money

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 19 (1950 / 1951)

Moanin' The Blues

Remember Me

I Overlooked An Orchid

If You've Got The Money

I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Loving

Mr. And Mississippi

My Western Union Baby

Release Me

Darling I Don't Understand

Black Coffee Blues

Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka

Rag Mop

Live & Let Live

I Don't Get No Lovin'

Adam's Apple

12th Street Rag

How Long

Why Should We Try Anymore

Don't Fence Me In

Cold cold heart

The History Of Country & Western Music Volume 20 (1951)

I can't help it

Taylor Made Woman

Let Old Mother Nature

South Od The Border

Kissin' Bug Boogie

Don't Get Above Your Raisin'

Get Your Kicks

Hey Good Lookin'

Stack-O-Lee

Sick, Sober & Sorry

The Wild Side Of Life

Lonesome Whistle

Ocean Of Tears

Blue Guitar Stomp

Trouble In Mind

Honky Tonk Blues

Rock City Boogie

Indian Summer

Prairie Dog Ramble

Jambalaya

Details
  • Genre: Walking, hiking, trekking, Miscellanies and compendia, Social and cultural history, The countryside, country life: general interest, History of s
  • Product Type: BOOK
  • Barcode: 9781803999623
  • Release Date: June 26, 2025
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